Interspecies interaction for nitrogen use efficiency via up-regulated glutamine and glutamate synthase under wheat-faba bean intercropping

• Published in: Field crops research Vol. 274; p. 108324
• Main Authors: Liu, Zhenyang, Zhu, Ying-An, Dong, Yan, Tang, Li, Zheng, Yi, Xiao, Jingxiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen accumulation and translocation; Nitrogen use efficiency; Wheat and faba bean intercropping; Nitrogen use efficiency; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen accumulation and translocation; Wheat and faba bean intercropping; Glutamate synthase

•Intercropping drove higher grain N and total N accumulation, NTE, and NUE.•Interspecies interaction upregulated GS/GOGAT activity and gene expression in leaves.•GS/GOGAT stimulated by intercropping linked with higher straw and total N accumulation.•Upregulated GS/GOGAT after wheat heading stages co...